This one is about NATURE that WAS, NATURE that IS and NATURE that CAN BE and the Relationship between Man and Nature....
AWE NATURÁLE
Standing across the mountains,
Watching the playful cascade,
Listening to its music,
Feeling the air purge the soul.
The myriad swirl of flowers,
Colours filling up the senses.
The buzzing of the bees,
Like Nature’s incantations to The Divine.
The heady nonchalance of the birds,
Branding the sky with freedom.
The ultimate diversity of the fauna,
Enticing, enthralling and yet soothing.
But now the river cascades no more,
It sings a sorrowful song.
Of the ruthlessness of its transformation,
And tales of times that are long gone.
Now there are tears of pain,
Both invisible and seen.
Battered and bruised, Nature endures,
More torment from one of her own.
When Darwin said Survival of the Fittest,
Had he truly meant –
Pollution, Deforestation,
Technological Misuse and Barbaric Wars?
Can her greatest creation not perceive,
The ethereal beauty of Nature?
And her role in maintaining –
The Ecological Balance and The Circle of Life?
Blinded by hubris,
Dizzy with ambition.
Man punishes Nature.. and then,
Nature disciplines her prodigal creation.
It is time to introspect,
Time to learn and move away.
Into a simple, real yet superior world,
Where “green” rules the day.
No eco destructive mechanisms,
No heavy price to pay.
No mindless competition,
No violence, come what may.
Nature is indeed magnificent,
And a powerful driving force.
This acknowledgment, awe and respect may harbour,
Mutual sustainability in due course.
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